Photodynamic therapy within edematous brain tissue: Considerations on sensitizer dose and time point of laser irradiation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-181

  Stummer, Walter ^a   Hassan, Ahmad ^a   Kempski, Oliver ^b   Goetz, Claudia ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain edema; Drug delivery; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN II; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; COLD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; CRYOSURGERY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LASERS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17044447132     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)07367-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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